false <![CDATA[The New Moon with the Old]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191680004m/732423.jpg 732423 1 When Jane Minton arrives at Dome House as a secretary-housekeeper, she finds herself sharing the comfortable country home of four attractive young people. Their handsome widower father, Rupert Carrington, too occupied with his London business to see very much of them, merely provides for them generously and leaves them to cultivate their talents -- which they energetically do. Richard, the eldest, is a composer; Clare, whose true talent (if it can be called that) has never disclosed itself, attempts to paint; Drew is collecting material for a novel to be set in the Edwardian era; and Merry, still at school, already works hard towards a stage career. Jane Minton, warmly welcomed into this happy household, feels her luck is too good to be true. And it is certainly too good to last. The delightful private world of Dome House is fated to break up. It is Jane who learns from Rupert Carrington that he is in danger of prosectuion for fraud and must leave England. He asks her to break the news to his children -- who must now fend completely for themselves -- and do what she can to help. She is very willing to, for his sake as well as theirs, as she is greatly attracted by him. What happens then makes an engrossing and unpredicable story, for the Carringtons are not usual young people, and it is, perhaps, their own basic originality which draws to them unusual adventures, in which humor and more than a touch of strangeness are often inextricably blended. 718613 1963 The New Moon with the Old total:28|5:4|4:10|3:11|2:3|1:0| 28 99 82 4 5 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Oct 06 11:28:47 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 15:40:38 -0700 2007 I Capture the Castle in terms of its characters and themes. It's as though a fairy godmother liberates the well-to-do children of this family and sets them on their own paths of adventure.

I particularly enjoyed Clare's scandalous dream -- to b...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 29 15:26:43 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 12:46:30 -0700 2009 I liked it. But I really love the way Dodie Smith writes. It kept you interested, yet it was a slow read. Glad I read it but don't think I would ever pick it up and read it again.]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Mar 18 11:59:43 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 12:01:01 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Oct 06 11:09:13 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 11:10:52 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Fri Nov 27 06:32:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 06:32:00 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 07:37:36 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 07:37:36 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Oct 17 12:32:38 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 12:32:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 04 19:33:31 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 19:33:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 27 20:06:10 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 20:06:10 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 21 16:48:35 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 16:48:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 17 07:14:14 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 07:14:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 09 09:51:26 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 09:51:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 06 18:23:36 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 18:23:36 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Aug 27 08:06:59 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 08:06:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:26 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 00:00:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 16 19:00:05 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 19:00:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 30 05:16:37 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 05:16:37 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 22 11:25:35 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 11:25:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 22 16:10:12 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 12:46:43 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 16:10:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 18 16:11:32 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 16:11:32 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=732423